Are the Spurs done?

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Get a good look at the Spurs if they lose — next year's team is likely to be substantially different. Most of the Spurs' key complementary players are ancient by NBA standards and in the final year of their contracts. For instance, Horry (who richly deserves the name "cheap shot Bob" after his hit on David West in Thursday's game) is 37. Starting guard Michael Finley is 35. Starting forward Fabricio Oberto is 33. The Spurs will have to start a major retooling of the franchise.

They won't look to develop rookies, either. Their core is also getting old. Duncan is 32, and Ginobili is 30 (and his reckless style of play might lead to an early decline in his skills). It will be a big job ahead for the Spurs' front office. As long as their big three are together, the Spurs will always be a force, but in the rapidly changing Western Conference, they may be making a Dallas-like move from championship contender to playoff perennial.

http://www2.nysun.com/sports/hornets...f-guard/76608/

YOU NERVOUS GLENN?

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Originally Posted by Glenn

I didn't write this, but I could have...

I agree. Your point is equally as vacuous.

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Originally Posted by Hermy

YOU NERVOUS GLENN?

No, not nervous, mostly because I don't have a problem admitting when I am wrong.

If they win, I'll be wrong in that they'll make the WCF even though I didn't think they would.

I still don't think this core will win another title together.

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Originally Posted by Glenn

I didn't write this, but I could have...

http://www2.nysun.com/sports/hornets...f-guard/76608/

Good points in there. I think they'll wait a couple more years before re-tooling. They aren't much older than us (from a starting 5 standpoint). The difference is that we already have a few good young players here and they don't. I suspect they'll just replace a couple guys with new MLE players and hope they can squeeze a couple more title runs out of TD.

Dumping Scola to save a few tax dollars doesn't look like that great of a decision right about now.

True. They also wasted their early 2nd rounder last year dumping Williams already (They better hope Splitter works out for them some day). They got nothing in 2006, 2005 or 2004 drafts. They could have had Barbosa in 2003, but traded that pick to the Suns. The last good pick was Scola in 2002, which as Glenn mentioned they let slip away. So basically since they drafted Parker in 2001, the Spurs have wasted every chance to add any depth to their team in the draft.

OK, so, they're just kind of medium-well right about now.

Not only that, LA is taylor-made for the Spurs to dominate.

the Spurs will make the finals, and it's hard to imagine it going longer than 6 games.

Here in Spain they love saying that Gasol has had good games against Duncan. Since this is a pretty homer thing to say, is it true?